Two arrested in Outagamie County during Internet sting targeting child sex crimes

5:30 PM,
Mar. 18, 2013

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Post-Crescent Media

An Oshkosh man responded to an Internet ad in which an adult offered to prostitute a 15-year-old girl, authorities say.

Mark A. Randall, 42, later learned the ad was posted by an undercover officer and was arrested in Kimberly as part of a statewide Internet sting targeting child sex crimes.

Authorities arrested 17 men across the state last week during the effort dubbed "Operation Black Veil." Department of Justice agents along with Brown and Door County sheriff's deputies posted and responded to Internet ads in effort to identify people soliciting children for sex. A number of other police ...